In this worksheet, students will write a story about their recent history using important storytelling words like first, next, after, and finally. Challenge your students to write an interesting ending!

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Let your first grader brag a bit about his best skills and enjoyable, after-school activities.

After reviewing the different parts of a persuasive paragraph, your fourth graders will outline their own persuasive paragraph.

After students have learned about reading response letters they can use this checklist to polish their own letter.

Use this resource with your students to practice identifying relationships between words. As your students complete the analogies, they will notice synonym relationships.

The structure of a paragraph becomes clearer when you think critically about the choices a great author made and try to recreate them.

Show students editing symbols that are used to polish writing before publishing. Then, have them practice editing a short story.

Assess your students’ knowledge of the revision process and its role in the writing process.

This resource gives your students practice creating an outline of an informational paragraph.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

Practice storytelling and illustration skills with this two-part adventure!

This joker is walking right into bad luck, literally! You get to decide what happens to him after he walks under this ladder. Be as creative as you want.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

"The witch was on her broom with her..." Where will your child take the story from here? This Halloween story starter is a great way to get your first grader's wheels turning and creative juices flowing.

In this worksheet, learners will rewrite a short paragraph using smooth, flowing sentences.

Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.

With this art-based activity, students will practice supporting their opinion with evidence.

Writers learn how to plan a well-written paragraph with this two-part worksheet.

Analogies are a way of describing the similarities between two things by comparing them.

It's never too early to start planning for your future! After imagining what their lives will be like at age 25, students write persuasive letters to their parents asking for their support.

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

It’s more fun to revise with a partner! After writing personal narratives, have students share their writing with a partner. Partners should identify at least three parts in the narrative where three descriptive details could be added.

In this comprehensive two-page worksheet template, young writers will find frames for crafting thoughtful, compelling persuasive essays.

In this worksheet, young writers will read two simple descriptions, then rewrite them using more vivid verbs and adjectives.